BIG PROBLEMS! !

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Windows XP crashed upon reboot from installing the UDF reader for the Iomega
CD Creator. Windows is still there but unaccesible. System restore is
non-functional from the set-up page. Same with: Last Known Good, Safe Mode,
Safe Mode with Networking, and Safe Mode with Command Prompt. System boots,
gets to set-up page, if one of the options is chosen system will then go
through a disk scanning operation (all results good) and then return to the
set-up page, to start all over again going nowhere from there. BIOS utility
indicates no problems. I don't have my XP installation disk, it was lost in
the shuffle of moving to a new apartment a couple of years ago. There is no
ARS. I did however do a full back-up to hard disk a couple of months ago. As
well as a System State back-up. I have a copy of the Recovery Console, but I
don't really know how to use it. Did try repairing the boot sector, with no
discernible changes, good or bad. Right now have the dead Windows drive
piggy-backed as slave to a small drive with ME, which puts me back online,
and I can roam through the dead Windows drive with Windows Explorer.
Questions: Any suggestions on where to go from here, where to find a
tutorial on the Recovery Console, and anything else that comes to mind? ! ?
Any assistance is deeply appreciated. Thanks.
 
If the machine came with xp and had a restore disk.
You can usually get a replacement from the manufacture for a
fee.

Now If you bought it the store. You need to contact Microsoft.
However, Microsoft may not reduce the price of the replacement because
of their policy. Other companies do offer replacement cd for a small
fee.

Greg P Rozelle



Windows XP crashed upon reboot from installing the UDF reader for the Iomega
CD Creator. Windows is still there but unaccesible. System restore is
non-functional from the set-up page. Same with: Last Known Good, Safe Mode,
Safe Mode with Networking, and Safe Mode with Command Prompt. System boots,
gets to set-up page, if one of the options is chosen system will then go
through a disk scanning operation (all results good) and then return to the
set-up page, to start all over again going nowhere from there. BIOS utility
indicates no problems. I don't have my XP installation disk, it was lost in
the shuffle of moving to a new apartment a couple of years ago. There is no
ARS. I did however do a full back-up to hard disk a couple of months ago. As
well as a System State back-up. I have a copy of the Recovery Console, but I
don't really know how to use it. Did try repairing the boot sector, with no
discernible changes, good or bad. Right now have the dead Windows drive
piggy-backed as slave to a small drive with ME, which puts me back online,
and I can roam through the dead Windows drive with Windows Explorer.
Questions: Any suggestions on where to go from here, where to find a
tutorial on the Recovery Console, and anything else that comes to mind? ! ?
Any assistance is deeply appreciated. Thanks.
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My advice is as-is. It could trash your system.
 
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